Lesson plan for KS 2,3,4Home Team Kit Design

• The National Curriculum for Art and Design describes 4 different but interrelated aspects of experience, learning, progression, and assessment.

1.‘Explore and develop ideas’2.‘Investigate and make’3.‘Evaluate and develop’4.’Knowledge and Understanding’

Gloucester Rugby Club

Nickname: the “Cherry and Whites”

But cherries’ are small soft fruit!

And white’ is not a good colour for people who spend most of their time rolling around in the mud!

So, why…. “Cherry and Whites”?

Team Kits• The colour of the shirt, shorts and socks a

team wears is called their team ‘kit’.• It is a kind of uniform.• It is linked to the identity of a team.• It is sometimes also called the team strip• It must be a unique design.• Teams sometimes change and update

their kit design.

AB C

From oldest to newest try putting these kit designs in orderD E

Kit Design• Although the kit has changed over the years,

what has remained the same?

– Having a badge(Although it has changed over time)

– The colours– Short sleeved

Your Challenge!• Follow a design brief and use the rugby

shirt templates provided to create a new team kit for Gloucester Rugby Club.

Design Brief• Using only the colours red, white, and

black, create a new kit design suitable for a 21st century Gloucester Rugby Club team. Your shirt design must include a panel for the team’s sponsor.

Teacher prints photocopy for class.

Kit Templates

Photocopy to A3

Plenary• Individual pupils present and pitch their

designs to rest of group.• Extension activities:

– Design a new kit for your own school– Design packaging for a particular product– Produce artwork using popular sports wear

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